Charbirasai & Yosakoi Soran (DVD)

Okinawan Dance & Modern Folk Dance

Charbirasai is the Okinawa dialect. It means hello. This is the Okinawan-inspired original dance. The dancers play yotsu dake (Okinawan bamboo instrument) and dance to the music by rinken band. Yosakoi soran & Yosakoi soran festival is a popular and relatively-new festival in Hokkaido. It has become to have a high profile all over Japan these days. The performers put on their original costume and dance energetically to the music. Yosakoi soran is the dance created by combining soran bushi in Hokkaido (located in northern Japan) and yosakoi festival in Kochi prefecture (located in southern west Japan).